French Porcelain Color

#f6f4f6

French Porcelain is pale, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm green, warm cyan or warm yellow

Inverse Color #090b09
Complementary Color #f4f5f4
Color Shade: cool magenta (300° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 96.08% (better contrasting with black)
French Porcelain Color Sample
French Porcelain Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f6f4f6

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to French Porcelain Color. The Selago color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Bubble Bath (#e8e0e9) for more energetic effect. Try Peekaboo as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#f4f5f4 is the best complementary color to French Porcelain. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f6f4f6 complementary color is Gray Nurse, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, cool magenta, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bon Jour are #f5f4f5 and #f5f4f5. Thus found on the left and right of #f6f4f6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wild Sand and Wild Sand colors as they work well with French Porcelain.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary French Porcelain palette consists of #f4f5f5 and #f5f5f4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f4f5f4). Try Black Haze and Desert Storm colors in combination with #f6f4f6, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #f6f4f6 offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the French Porcelain. Thus Black Haze and Desert Storm giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of French Porcelain contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gray Nurse, Desert Storm, and Black Haze split by 90° on the color wheel. #f6f4f6 square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm yellow, warm green and warm cyan shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. French Porcelain tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#f4f5f4) and two others. The Desert Storm is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Athens Gray – 120° from the complementary Gray Nurse. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #f5f5f4 and #f4f4f5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f6f4f6 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode French Porcelain has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 10% and a lightness of 96.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f6f4f6 is made of 0% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black ink.

HEX #f6f4f6
RGB Decimal rgb(246,244,246)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 0.78, 0, 3.53
HSL hsl(300,10%,96.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(300,0.81%,96.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(96.3886,1.0213,-0.7353)
XYZ xyz(86.9913,90.948,100.1586)
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